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The African Company of Merchants or Company of Merchants Trading to Africa was a British chartered company operating from 1752 to 1821 in the Gold Coast area of modern Ghana, engaged in the Atlantic slave trade.

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rdfs:label	African Company of Merchants (en) Companyia de Mercaders Comerciant a l'Àfrica (ca)
rdfs:comment	The African Company of Merchants or Company of Merchants Trading to Africa was a British chartered company operating from 1752 to 1821 in the Gold Coast area of modern Ghana, engaged in the Atlantic slave trade. (en) La Companyia de Mercaders Comerciant a l'Àfrica (Company of Merchants Trading to Africa) també anomenada Companyia Africana de Mercaders (African Company of Merchants) fou una companyia comercial britànica establerta per carta reial per operar a la Costa de l'Or (moderna Ghana) als territoris habitats pels fantes. Fou funda el 13 de juny de 1752 en substitució de la Companyia Reial Africana que acabava de ser dissolta. Se li va concedir tanmateix el comerç britànic a la zona del riu Gàmbia que tenia la companyia dissolta, amb seu a Fort James, a l'illa de James, però això només va durar fins al 1765. (ca)
dcterms:subject	19th century in Africa British colonisation in Africa British companies disestablished in 1821 History of West Africa History of Ghana 1752 establishments in England 1821 disestablishments in England 18th century in Africa African Company of Merchants British companies established in 1752 Chartered companies Defunct companies of the United Kingdom Economic history of Great Britain Economy of Ghana
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Link from a Wikipage to another Wikipage	Cape Coast Castle Royal African Company List of committee members of the African Company of Merchants Anglo-Asante War John Shoolbred (slave trader, born 1740) Joint stock company List of members of the African Company of Merchants Ghana Gold Coast (British colony) Thomas Edward Bowdich 19th century in Africa British colonisation in Africa Liverpool London Sierra Leone Bristol British Admiralty British companies disestablished in 1821 African slave trade Fante people Fort Apollonia Fort James (Ghana) Fort Komenda Fort Metal Cross Fort Sekondi Fort William, Ghana Fort Tantumquery Fort Winneba John Shoolbred History of West Africa Atlantic slave trade History of Ghana African Company Act 1750 1752 establishments in England 1821 disestablishments in England 18th century in Africa African Company of Merchants British companies established in 1752 Chartered companies Defunct companies of the United Kingdom Economic history of Great Britain Economy of Ghana Charles MacCarthy (British Army officer) Chartered company Ashanti–Akim–Akwapim War Kingdom of Great Britain Factory (trading post) Exchequer Secretary at War Asante Empire
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has abstract	La Companyia de Mercaders Comerciant a l'Àfrica (Company of Merchants Trading to Africa) també anomenada Companyia Africana de Mercaders (African Company of Merchants) fou una companyia comercial britànica establerta per carta reial per operar a la Costa de l'Or (moderna Ghana) als territoris habitats pels fantes. Fou funda el 13 de juny de 1752 en substitució de la Companyia Reial Africana que acabava de ser dissolta. Se li va concedir tanmateix el comerç britànic a la zona del riu Gàmbia que tenia la companyia dissolta, amb seu a Fort James, a l'illa de James, però això només va durar fins al 1765. El 1817 la Companyia va signar un tractat d'amistat que reconeixia les reclamacions dels aixantis a la sobirania sobre extenses zones de la costa incloent àrees reclamades pels fantes. La Companyia fou abolida el 1821, perquè l'esclavatge no havia estat abolit efectivament a les terres de la companyia que eren privades; l'autoritat sobre la zona fou transferida al governador de Sierra Leone Charles MacCarthy, que fou mort després en la . (ca) The African Company of Merchants or Company of Merchants Trading to Africa was a British chartered company operating from 1752 to 1821 in the Gold Coast area of modern Ghana, engaged in the Atlantic slave trade. (en)
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